Im Not There
Bob Dylan
This song is fairly simple. I play it open in standard tuning, but you play C-
chord shapes if you put a Capo on the 4th fret. The lyrics are what I hear from
the recording, in some parts they are hard to pick up. Enjoy.
B
Everythings alright and shes all the time in my
A
Neighborhood, she cries both
C#m
Day and night I know
BB/E B B/E B
Because I was there
B
Its a milestone but shes
A
Down on her luck and the
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Day makes her lonely but to
B B/E B B/E B
Me, hard to buck, I was there
E
I believe that shed stop him if she
G#m
Wants time to care, I
A
Believe that shed look upon
E
Beside him to care and I
E G#m
Go by the Lord and when shes
AB
On my way but I dont belong there
B
No I dont belong to her I dont
A
Belong to anyone, shes my
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Christ forsaken angel but she dont
B
Hear me cry
B
Shes a lone-hearted mystic and she
A
Can carry on when Im
C#m
There shes alright but when shes
B
Not when Im gone
E
Heaven knows that the answer she dont
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Call no one shes the
A
Wave, foresailing beauty, for shes
E
Mine, for the one and I
E
Lost her hesitation by
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Temptation lest it runs, but she
A
Dont follow me, but Im
B
Not there, Im gone
B
Now Ive cried tonight like I
A
Cried the night before and Ill
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Feast on the eyes but I
B
Dream about the door
B
So long, Jesus, Savior, my
A
Faith worth to tell it dont
C#m
Have consolation shes my
B
Love fare thee well
E
Now, her smile is contagious I was
G#m
Born to love her but she
A
Knows that the kingdom waits so
E
High above her and I
E
Run but I race, but its
G#m
Not too fast or soon but
A
I dont deceive her, Im not
B
There, Im gone
B
Well its all about diffusion that I
B
Cry for her fell I dont
A
Need anybody now, beside
C#m
Me to tell and its
B
All affirmation I receive but its not shes her
A
Own crowning beauty but she
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Dont like to spot it she
B
Wont
E
Yes, shes gone like the rainbow that
G#m
Shining yesterday but
A
Now shes home beside me and I
E
Liked it if she stayed
E
Shes her own forsaken beauty and she
G#m
Dont trust anyone and I
A
Wished I was beside her but Im
B
Not there, Im gone
B
Well its a too hard to stay and I
A
Dont bother leave its all
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Bad sorts abusing and shes
B
Hard, too hard to leave
B
Its a law, its a crime the way she
A
Boss me around but she
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Told all to hate me but this
B
Dog, forsaken clown
E
Yes I believe that its rightful Oh I
G#m
Believe it in my mind Ive been
A
Told like a said when I before
E
Carry on the crime and shes
E
On like I told her like I
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Said, carry on I wish
A
I was there to help her but Im not
B
There, Im gone
